This should be good for Lyft.
Hahahahahahahahaha.
People begged city hall to allow Uber to operate here. Begged. I wonder how they’re going to play apologetics for this now.
No worries we will just uninstall them all same way we did Netflix.
Imagine federated Uber/Eats 😂
Call it Federeats
Yeah, but… why?
Money
What the fuck? You’re already paying out the ass to get food delivered why are they shoving ads in your face?
But what are you going to do about it, go pick up food yourself like some plebeian?
Simple: money.
And they rip off their drivers too. 😑
Video ads will run on the primary Uber app while users wait for their drivers to arrive and during their trips, said Mark Grether, vice president and general manager of Uber Technologies’ advertising division. They will also appear on tablets installed inside certain Uber cars.
The Uber Eats app will play video ads after customers place orders and continue until their deliveries arrive; Drizly will run them in search results on its app and website as well as other areas of the site.
Why do they think anyone will leave the app open after ordering, if it just plays ads nonstop? Is the idea that each time they load it to check their order status an ad starts playing?
Audio for ads on the company’s apps will be muted by default, while users will need to manually turn off the audio and display components of the in-ride tablets, according to Grether. Ad inventory will initially be sold directly to buyers in the form of brand takeover packages, with only one company’s ads running during any single ride or transaction.
In-car tablets with audio-enabled ads for a single company on repeat. Poor poor drivers.
I bet the first thing a driver will say once a patron gets in is “you can click this button right here to disable the ad (please please please)”
Wait, so there’s ads playing in the car, but the driver doesn’t get any extra revenue as a result? Why would the drivers even allow that? If I were a driver and was forced to install those tablets, I’d probably just unsolder the speaker.
Maybe they do get paid extra? I’m not sure.
Or maybe they’ll prioritize drivers who have the advertising package. Wouldn’t want riders to get an inferior (read: less ad-filled) experience, now would we?
This is so egregious that it sounds like a scene from a cyberpunk movie. Almost humourously bizarre.
wow this is bullshit
Apps that autoplay video adds really don’t respect people on mobile metered connections. Especially if these videos are 90 seconds long. This is such a greedy addition to an app where you are already paying for a product…
Ya, I hope this means my ride is free.
HAhahahahahaha, that’s a good one!
non-paywalled link: https://archive.is/foKCB
The reason simply seems to be a: “Well, what are you gonna do? We want to squeeze every cent out of you”
What am I gonna do? Simple. Just stop using your services. You either respect your customer or you don’t. There are plenty of alternatives.
The over-commercialization of everyday life we see in the Cyberpunk genre is finally becoming real. Now where’s my flying car?
69,666 ads away to enter the raffle. Start watching.
At least let me get some cybernetic enhancements off the street or something…
@dirtmayor That’s not an issue if you rarely open them 😎👉👉
But yea, if you have a low powered device you just want to get to your destination quicker. You do not want to wait for a full ad to finish in order to get to your drive.
(okay, this might not be an issue if you wait for your car anyway, but still).
with 0 uber apps on my phone I will see exaclty 0 ads :)
It says no subscribed communities even though I am subbed to multiple different communities.
Edit: I refreshed the app and that seems to have fixed it.
If you aren’t paying you are the product…Wait…Aren’t we paying?
Yes but… what if we could make more money?
I don’t use any services with ads. None. This will be the end of me using Uber.
